Making your Home Look Superior with Cladding

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Over time and especially with harsh weather conditions, the outside of your home can take a battering, leaving it looking tired and old. If this is the case with your home, you may wish to consider updating the cladding on your home, which will leave it looking like new in practically no time at all.

Cladding to Avoid

There was a time when Vinyl cladding was the preferred cladding of choice for homes throughout Australia. When it hit the market there were many claims made about it;

Weatherproof
Low Maintenance
Cheap
Conserves Energy
Improves Houses Exterior

Although these claims may have been true at the time, there are much better solutions available on the market, such as Palliside UPVC cladding. With the traditional vinyl cladding, there are problems which could make the exterior of your home seem drab and not very appealing.

Warping and Buckling

With the extreme weather conditions that we receive here in Australia, the intense heat and sunlight can have a massive effect on traditional vinyl cladding. Buckling and warping are a common problem which will leave your home not aesthetically pleasing to look at. The expansion and contraction of the cladding will leave broken lines running along the levels of the tiles.

Leakage

When the tiles contract and leave gaps, this can allow water to get into the walls, as well as pests and insects. If left unaddressed for too long, you could end up with costly damage being done to your home.

Fungi and Mildew

You often find that Styrofoam is used to back the vinyl cladding, as this is used to absorb all of the excess condensation. Over time, these can become damp and be a haven for fungi and mildew, as well as attracting insects such as cockroaches and ants.

Easily Damaged

As traditional vinyl cladding is much thinner than Palliside cladding, it can be damaged easier. Hail stones can severely damage the outside of your home, or even a wayward hit cricket ball. If you are looking for a robust and hard wearing material for your home, there are better options available.

Uneven Colouring

With exposure to intense heat and sunlight, the colouring is also something that you may have an issue with when looking at the exterior of your home. The colour will tend to fade, and it will usually go at the point of the house that receives the most sunlight, so the colour of your home becomes uneven.

Toxic and Melts

The traditional vinyl cladding is prone to melting when encountering high temperatures, which is something that you need to consider, especially if living in an area prone to bushfires. When it is burnt the Styrofoam that is behind the cladding, gives off poisonous toxic gases.

If you are looking for an alternative material for your home, then you may be interested in looking at Palliside cladding. Australian owned and made, complies with all Australian safety regulations, and has a 25-year warranty. If you are looking to spruce up the exterior of your home, this may just be the alternative for which you were looking.